seriously

 

nothing to say, really, besides 'cutest baby ever'!

oh a pony ride

 

the majority of this weekend, brian & i spent @ our church's marriage conference. was great to have that time for ourselves, to focus on our marriage. we walked away realizing that even after almost ten years of marriage, we're still misunderstanding each other @ times & that leads to much of our conflict. it's so helpful to listen to a speaker & then walk away & use that info as conversation starters in a non-threatening way. i so appreciate that i'm married to a man who is so open to *talking* about our relationship & making our marriage better...if we're going to do this forever, we want it to be the best it can be...it's worth fighting hard for.

today we spent kind of recovering from our week. we didn't even leave the house until 4PM! a local elementary school hosted a fall fest. it was free for all of us, so we were in. @ this point, it was more just to let G see all the *sights* & run around on the soccer field (wear that little man out!).

garrett took his first pony ride...he was so cute. not the least bit intimidated by those ponies! brian told him to hold onto the saddle as he put him up there & G didn't let go. lucy & i walked around with G as he rode - he just kept watching his pony & looking @ the others. he was dancing all over the field, running around, straight up to a cop @ one point - talking to him & pointing to the sky, going on inflatables, getting his hair *color* sprayed...love watching his energy & enthusiasm in these types of environments. lucy bean looked around from her perch in the bjorn. she was asleep when we arrived but stayed awake much of the time we were there. i'm grateful she was happy there...making our family time that much more enjoyable! now if we could just get her to take a nap... :-)

 

We are going to be friends

We are going to be friends...

"Tonight I'll dream while I'm in bed
when silly thoughts go through my head
about the bugs and alphabet
and when I wake tommorow I'll bet
that you and I will walk together again
cause I can tell that we're going to be friends."

If you had siblings growing up, I think it's impossible not to hope things for your own children as siblings. For me, it's that Garrett & Lucy (& any subsequent brothers & sisters they'll have) will be friends...that they will love, encourage & challenge each other. That they will enjoy & tolerate :-) one another in ways that only siblings do.

(The verse above is from a song entitled "We are going to be friends" - if you have young kids, check it out; makes a momma's heart melt!)

Everybody's getting ready for bed...our little diaper dandy's!

two months

 

it's already been two months? our baby sweetness is getting soooo big, it seems. we think she's around 11 pounds (according to our very scientific weighing method of stepping on the scale w/ her & then w/o her!), she's already pushing her feet out of 0-3 months PJs, & is smiling more & more every day...even making some *cooing* sounds when you're talking to her! she's giving us great sleep @ night...feeding @ 10 & then sleeping from 10:30-7 & we're moving to feeding every 3.5 hours during the day, extending her awake time; she's still challenging us on naps but as long as we're getting that nighttime sleep, we're golden!

tonight's *monthly* photo shoot didn't go so well, as you can see. no wonder in the early days i shot garrett in his PJs...i almost always shot him in the AM (when he was happiest!) & waited until just b/f bed to get these of lucy. she was just spent by the end...note, the *shoot* lasted less than 3 minutes! ;-)

will soon post some cute shots of she & G together, as well as from our trip to TN! happy fall, everyone!

long weekend

 

last thursday night we headed to TN...miss lucy's first road trip! the usual 4.5 hours turned into 7 to get there & 7.5 to get back home. long, looong ride. being just 8 weeks into life as a family of 4, perhaps we pushed ourselves a tad. :-)

but everyone was happy to meet our lucy bean & see how much garrett has changed since our last trip there in march. i'll post more pictures later, but the shot above is our big baby giving our little baby some love...& brian's sister, julie, is just eating them both up! being an aunt is such a stellar job!

isn't she lovely

 

this was my first attempt at capturing lucy's smile. she's giving them to us pretty regularly now. there's nothing sweeter than picking her up from a nap & having her grin up at you! & for whatever reason, it's brian who does the best job at getting our baby girl to show her gums! :-)

such a mimic

 

G mimics almost anything we do. he has a little monkey that he now carries around up on his shoulder & he pats his back (like i do w/ lucy). he put the same monkey & his lovey in an empty diaper box & pushed it around upstairs the other day (like when brian puts G in a box & pushes him around). he holds brian's blackberry, can turn the wheel, pretends like he makes a call (sometimes he does!) & then sticks it in his little shorts pocket. it's so sweet...& he is now very into hats & if brian's wearing a hat, it has to come off & go on G's head. nevermind that he has his own hats...daddy's hats are apparently WAAAAY cooler. today, he's supporting our alma mater...go buffaloes!